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Show PRESIDENTIAL POLICY, It is reported that President Grant does not design to be again a candidate lor the White House. This may or may not be so. It is also said that although al-though Vice-President Colfax has publicly pub-licly announced his retirement from public life, it would be found, if he were offered the nomination as Presidential Presi-dential candidate, that "Barkis is wil-lin'." wil-lin'." But in some things there appear ap-pear strong evidences that General Grant has not tired of power and pres-dential pres-dential honors. lie has made many changes, and in making them ha sought, to a great extent, to meet the wishes and secure the iufluonce of leading lead-ing politicians of his party. Again it is stated, with some degree of positiveness, that there is to be a radical change in his cabinet. If so there will be another evidence that he is not so careless of his future chances. Some of the cabinet members have seemed more intent on pursuing a policy agreeable to themselves than to the wishes of the 'country. For instance, in-stance, Secretary Boutwell is again pressing the House committee of ways and means, against passing the bill abolishing the income tax, when Gen. Pleasanton, and it is said President Grant, have fallen into . line with the demand of the nation, and desire the repeal of the act under which it is collected. col-lected. If President Grant means to throw Boutwell out of his cabinet it is another evidence that he still looks towards to-wards re-election. And again, the alleged adoption of General Butler's policy on the Alabama Ala-bama matter, which means simply George Francis Train's epigrammatic sentence, "Pay or fight," is another very strong indication that General Grant means to try and hold his seat iu the Executive chair by popular will. We think there is little doubt that he will "try it again." win or lose. |
